Agenda

About Music and the Mind

Juilliard trained concert pianist and Harvard educated psychiatrist, Richard Kogan, MD, guides a dynamic presentation that explores the impact of psychological factors and psychiatric illness on the creative output of the great composer and pianist, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827).

The presentation uses Beethoven’s personal story to communicate the complexity of mental health and raise questions about treatment and use of music to support healing.

Dr. Kogan has been praised for his “eloquent, compelling, and exquisite playing” by The New York Times, and The Boston Globe wrote that “Kogan has somehow managed to excel at the world’s two most demanding professions.”

Who attends?

In previous years, we have had 200-300 attendees and leaders from various healthcare organizations including Edward-Elmhurst, other behavioral health organizations, and other community partners in Naperville, Elmhurst and our surrounding communities.

Objectives

All of the proceeds from Music and the Mind will fund programs, services and capital needs for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses and substance abuse, through Linden Oaks, a provider of complex services for severe mood, personality, eating, anxiety and addictive disorders.